NETFLIX PLUMMETS! First Obama, Now Look What They’re Giving Crooked Susan Rice – Roseanne Is Irate!
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Now that the Obama’s are out of office many were looking forward to never hearing from them or seeing them again. However, after they inked a very lucrative multi-year deal with Netflix we knew that was simply not going to be the case. It should not be surprising considering that Obama’s former aide Susan Rice works on the board. Perhaps that has something to do with Roseanne not getting picked up by Netflix as an alternative network. But it is the ratings of Netflix that are the most surprising thing of all.
Breitbart reported:
“Republican’s approval of the internet streaming giant Netflix has dropped amid the company’s recent embrace of Susan Rice and Barack Obama, according to polling data obtained by Variety. A survey by the research firm YouGov found that Netflix’s positive impression rating with Republicans fell by 16 percent since the beginning of 2018. Meanwhile, the company’s positive impression rating with Democrats has risen by 15 percent in the same period.
While Netflix maintains strong overall approval ratings from the American public, data shows that on a general perception scale of -100 to 100 the company scores 62.8 among Democrats and 41.8 percent among Republicans as of May 31. The fall in approval comes amid the company’s announcing a “multi-year agreement” with Barack and Michelle Obama to help produce films and series for the platform — a mega-deal that was reportedly brokered by former Obama official and campaign fundraiser Ted Sarandos, who’s now Netflix’s chief content officer.
Sarandos recently downplayed claims of political bias, stating that it is “not The Obama Network” and there is “no political slant” to programming. In March, Netflix also appointed Obama’s former national security adviser Susan Rice to its board of directors. The California-based company also produced over a hundred episodes of late-night talk show content for left-wing comedian Chelsea Handler, whose show was canceled last October. Comedian Michelle Wolf’s Netflix talk show has taken on the Trump-bashing role that Handler’s show once owned.
Rice’s appointment sparked a backlash from those critical of her controversial role in American foreign policy — most notedly reports that it was Rice who ordered the government surveillance of President Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. According to estimates, Netflix is now more valuable than both Disney and Comcast and is the second most popular television network in the United States.”
Sarandos told a group at the Paley Center for Media located in New York that despite the Obama’s upcoming projects with Netflix that they were not going to have a political slant. He argued that it was not going to turn into the Obama network, that programming would remain the same. The concerns came after it was announced their multi-year deal involved producing films and various television series. Sarandos got his job because he used to work on the Obama’s presidential campaign fundraising money to make him President. When he took office Sarandos became an official in the administration.
Breitbart reported:
“Umm, wait for the programming,” he told journalist Ken Auletta, adding that “it’s hard to argue that there’s not a left lean to the creative community.” Sarandos insisted that all original Netflix content does not reflect the views of the company or its CEO Reed Hasting, but instead it represents “an aggregation of all those storytellers.”
Obama has described his project as a chance to tell the “stories” of ordinary Americans, as well as helping to “train the next generation of leaders” and help ease America’s political polarization. “We want to tell stories. This [Netflix deal] becomes a platform,” he said last week. “We are interested in lifting people up and identifying people doing amazing work. We did this in the White House.” According to a recent report, Netflix is now more valuable than both Disney and Comcast as people around the world continue to cut the cord on traditional programming and move online.”
Despite the protestations that this is not going to be political, based on the Obama’s statement, it appears that it likely will be. The former President is referring to his time in office, his work in office, as well as the stories he wants to discuss. Which is not fair because Roseanne was canceled for political statements on social media. When she tried sourcing her show out to a different network Netflix as well as numerous other outlets turned her down. If Netflix wants to be apolitical and argue they are not the Obama network than perhaps they should be fairer across the board about the types of political people who get their airtime.